HISTORY
Inner Wheel was introduced to Sri Lanka in 1965 by Mrs. Gerty Billimore and Mrs Jerry Nilgiri when the Inner Wheel Club of Colombo was formed.
The pioneer club received its Charter on 1st February 1966 at a ceremony held at Hotel Taprobane.
Amongst the speakers at the event were Mr. Jabir A Cader, Mayor of Colombo and Rtn D.B. Ellepola, President of Rotary Club of Colombo.
We initially belonged to District 320 and 321 which included Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
In 1985, Sri Lanka bifurcated and thus District 322 was formed With Mrs. Nirmalie Gunatilleke as the first leader of our District.
As at today we have 20 Clubs with a membership of over 465.
Since the year 1987/88, 08 Sri Lankan members have been International Inner Wheel Representatives and Board Members
and 11 Sri Lankan members have been elected as International Inner Wheel Board Directors.
Mrs. Nirmalie Gunatilleke of Colombo West was one of the first recipients of the Margaret Golding Award bestowed by
International Inner Wheel for highly commendable personal services and was followed by Late Mrs. Annie Samaranayake of Ja-Ela/Kandana,
Mrs. Kumari Kulatunge of Inner Wheel Club of Kandy, Mrs. Mala Weerasekera of Inner Wheel Club of Colombo West and
Mrs. Radha Sundarampillai of Inner Wheel Club of Colombo.
LIST OF CLUBS, CHARTER DATES AND NUMBERS
Inner Wheel Club of Colombo
15th July 1965
1186
Inner Wheel Club of Colombo West
1st August 1966
1219
Inner Wheel Club of Kandy
14th February 1969
1452
Inner Wheel Club of Negombo
18th February 1972
1636
Inner Wheel Club of Ja-Ela/Kandana
15th October 1975
2000
Inner Wheel Club of Matale
8th August 1976
2054
Inner Wheel Club of Colombo Mid Town
15th November 1978
2251
Inner Wheel Club of Colombo Central
20th July 1980
2430
Inner Wheel Club of Katugastota
15th May 1986
3804
Inner Wheel Club of Wattala
18th March 1989
3801
Inner Wheel Club of Maharagama
1st August 1986
3489
Inner Wheel Club of Mount Lavinia
12th June 1990
4956
Inner Wheel Club of Batticaload
6th September 1994
4404
Inner Wheel Club of Colombo South
21st March 2000
5173
Inner Wheel Club of Trincomalee
21st November 2002
5173
Inner Wheel Club of Ethugalpura
12th February 2004
5253
Inner Wheel Club of Kandy Metropolitan
14th October 2004
5277
Inner Wheel Club of Colombo Mid City
26th October 2006
5423
Inner Wheel Club of Colombo Heritage
27th October 2009
5655
Inner Wheel Club of Colombo Nawa Udana
8th January 2013
5978
Inner Wheel Club of Jaffna
29th May 2014
6141
Inner Wheel Club of Anuradhapura
27th February 2019
6708
Inner Wheel Club of Badulla
17th March 2019
6737
Inner Wheel Club of Galle
17th November 2023
8143
Inner Wheel Club of Maldives
10th June 2024
8491